European Monetary Integration: EMS Developments and International Post-Maastricht Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
European Monetary Union: Post-Maastricht Perspectives on Monetary and Real Integration in Europe....Pages 1-51
The European Monetary System and European Integration: An Evaluation....Pages 53-78
Basic Features of a European Monetary Order....Pages 79-93
Towards Monetary Union in the European Community: Why and How....Pages 95-131
German Monetary Unification and European Monetary Union: Theoretical Issues and Strategic Policy Problems....Pages 133-162
Liberalization and Regulation in the Process of Financial Market Integration in the European Community....Pages 163-186
Problems of European Monetary Policy Coordination in the Transition Phase....Pages 187-221
Creating a European Central Bank after 1992: Issues of EC Monetary Integration and Problems of Institutional Innovation....Pages 223-269
Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a European Monetary Union: Some Public Choice Considerations....Pages 275-305
What can the Fiscal Systems in the United States and Canada Tell Us about EMU?....Pages 307-334
The European Community as an Optimum Currency Area....Pages 335-354
Back Matter....Pages 355-366